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Bouts With Bummers

by Boss' Daughter

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1.
Never Alone 01:41
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Another day is here woke up just like the rest I’ll check my phone a message or two at best Moving along again same patterns every day It seems so boring, the same old story You can do anything is what they always say We do the same things over over again It’s so monotonous we still think it’s okay And so we check our phones Although we’re still alone It’s that time of year I miss my friends I hope I get another chance to see them again Sometimes they’re gone without goodbye No time to say you tried To be there in the worst of times When there was no light At the end of the tunnel or so they Say that your friends can help you through the pain How could they help if their attention span has waned? Always a phone never alone A thousand drinks to numb the brain Walk down that path You know there is no choice They’ve done the math You’ll never have a voice Fall into line Look at your phone Your life’s not mine We don’t have to be alone It’s that time of year I miss my friends I hope I get another chance to see them again Sometimes they’re gone without goodbye No time to say you tried To be there in the worst of times When there was no light At the end of the tunnel No energy to make it through another day So let’s hangout and make the best of these days while they’re around
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Photography 01:36
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I don't bother taking pictures of the moon sky anymore It's still as beautiful as it ever was I've gotten so comfortable with it always being there Unnoticed beautiful forgotten just because We will see our last moonrise I will wish I had those pictures Though mostly lost that snap of beauty remembers Somebody wrote the song for how I'm feeling So I'll just sit and listen I don't take pictures of the sunset anymore They can never capture the true beauty of what's in the air Taking for granted getting all too comfortable When it’s gone sad what you had’s no longer there We will see our last sunset I will wish I took those pictures Though mostly lost that snap of beauty remembers Somebody wrote the song for how I'm feeling So I'll just sit and listen Wish I could be the one who found such beauty in this chaos Wish I could be the one who found such beauty in this chaos
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Extinction 02:44
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I never understood why people are concerned with other’s lives To the point of making laws to make their lives a crime If someone’s lifestyle causes you no harm then what’s the point of worrying about what it is that they do inside their home? No one is going to save the world From this path we’re going to lose our turn Humans should really be concerned It’s time for action or we’re going to watch it burn I can’t figure out why people won’t listen to the folks who actually have solutions to help resuscitate our dying world Climates are changing life likely will soon cease to exist Nobody seems to care It’s probably time that we listen No one is going to save the world From this path we’re going to lose our turn Humans should really be concerned It’s time for action or we’re going to watch it burn Who cares why humans exist We’re here anyway let’s admit We need to change how we persist To destroy our surroundings with Our disregard for this planet We’re doomed forever We’re going extinct Why does everybody think? If we do nothing it’ll be okay Who cares about a future day? We all keep moving and we all keep dying As hatred grows for human beings So let’s be kind and try to think Other humans exist outside of you It’s okay to grow I could be a better person too No one is going to save the world From this path we’re going to lose our turn Humans should really be concerned It’s time for action or we’re going to watch it burn Who cares why humans exist We’re here anyway so let’s admit We need to change how we persist To destroy our surroundings with Our disregard for this planet We’re doomed forever We are going extinct
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Singing About Drinking 03:09
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I haven't been drinking as much as I have been singing about drinking I don’t know if I have been feeling any better but the smiles aren’t the same This time around, I’m pretty sure, I think that they are actually genuine Who knows how long it’ll stick around I’ll take what I can get to feel okay I think I've got to step away Maybe take a break I'm burning myself out Losing track of what's fun I wanna have my own bed I want to sit and play guitar I've been working so hard I don't know where I've been Where have I been? I'll go out and watch my friends play music and feel okay for the night The feeling fades but I’m okay I’ll wake up somehow and get through the day It’s strange to know just how this goes the ups and downs can feel so incidental Just take them in and keep moving forget the fact that you acted that way These Stupid Songs are always there to pull me out of depression I want to believe that I will never forget them I only fucked up once It was a better day than yesterday It was a better day than yesterday It was a better day than yesterday I haven't been drinking as much as I have been singing about drinking I don’t know if I have been feeling any better but the smiles aren’t the same This time around, I’m pretty sure, I think that they are actually genuine Who knows how long it’ll stick around I’ll take what I can get to feel okay I think I've got to step away Maybe take a break I'm burning myself out Losing track of what's fun I wanna have my own bed I want to sit and play guitar I've been working so hard I don't know where I've been Where have I been? Where have I been?
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Religious Convenience 03:26
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Start the next episode So I can not think about How unproductive I’ve been Thankful for the distractions They keep us passive and sane Calming my restless brain Please grab me a cold one From the fridge in the desert Just remember to recycle the can Religious convenience Common sense thrown in the trash I can’t make any change just as one (person) Another drink To dumb and numb Me to the point Of always giving in To their system Designed to make dumb People who won’t try to rise against it Clock out tune in Block out what’s happening Get lost in your stories Fall in line to this system Bottoms up bottles down Black out what’s happening Consume more and find yourself Without your own reason Always go to work Coffee lunch break then drink Go home sleep repeat Marriage kids die happy Clock out tune in Block out what’s happening Get lost in your stories Fall in line to this system Bottoms up bottles down Black out what’s happening Consume more and find yourself Without your own reason
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Departure 02:24
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Overlook the city Everything is so pretty Until you get up close See the landfill for the trash It’s good to get away From your everyday Unless your everyday Is when you get away From all the bullshit that you live From all the shitty air you breathe You turn the other way Then you see the stage The vast emptiness Everyone is behind you You find you’re all alone Sitting in plain view No one acknowledges The accomplishment of your departure From all the bullshit that you live From all the shitty air And you find that it’s fine to forget Everything that you know just for a bit And you find that it’s fine to lament Everyone in the past that you’re trying to forget So watch each step One slip and you could fall You might regret Being alive at all Never forget You took the first step to begin with You’re the one looking back Never bracing for your fall
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Four Seasons And A Movie 02:10
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Nobody wants to be alone A common Hollywood rhetoric Television taught him that for his whole life It’s hard to be ignored Entertainment induced sadness Inescapable ‘til someone gets your heart All they wanted was someone to come along and make them happier than they could make themselves The time they had together always would make them feel better than they did in the days they were alone So who would be alone? She always focused on her art Music brought them together Caught unaware that love could be so hard They lived a million miles apart The timing unforgiving Both independently roam across the earth All they ever wanted was someone to come along and make them happier than they could make themselves The time they had together always would make them feel better than they did in the days they were alone So who would be alone? Distance made it harder Time makes love grow stronger Though they’re often alone Hoping there’s a future living life together Television dreams come true Who knows what will happen Television never gives in To our common human failure Never happy ever after So they’ll try to find a way Make it together like TV Enjoy the time they aren’t alone Even though someday earth might explode
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Okay 04:01
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That song brought you back to the worst place you’ve known Again sent spiraling down in your mind all alone It’s just those chords and those words feelings you can’t escape Everything sounds the same but the feeling’s changed Do you remember your first broken heart? There was a time from your mind it would never depart We learn to let it go and say “I’ll be okay” Nostalgia has got a funny way of always fucking up your day Find yourself in a space filled with regret and hate Can’t shake the feeling again for what seems like forever The time will come when you forget to notice something’s changed Do you remember your first broken heart? There was a time from your mind it would never depart We learn to let it go and say “I’ll be okay” It’s time to go out and find something new Find a project to love and see it through Distract your mind from all the pain Find the best person inside of you Do you remember your first broken heart? There was a time from your mind it would never depart We learn to let it go and say “I’ll be okay” YEAH
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Away 02:57
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Alone in the van Not sure where I am Woke up from a nap I sat and thought of you I chose this life An eight hour drive It won’t go away Sacrifice for change Take me away Alone in the van Not sure where I am Woke up from a nap I looked at pictures of you I chose this life An eight hour drive It won’t go away Sacrifice for change Take me away From where I am Let’s go away to a place We’ve never been Take me away From where I am Let’s find a better way To feel alive again So I’ll sleep alone Though we are together The closer we grow The distance becomes impossible Nothing gets easier with time I hope this picture helps Let’s close this distance Hunt happiness with all our friends Let’s find a place where we could have it all Against all odds we’ll grow old together It’s wishful thought, to fail is default We’ll show them all it can last forever It’s all been done everybody struggles Five hundred miles really is not all that bad And if we try we won’t let it crumble Into the past just like all the rest I never thought it could be so hard to fall in love with someone I’m a mess I never thought it could be so hard to fall in love with someone who’s the best Time will only tell We’ve got to want it to survive this mess So I’ll just go back to sleep in the van
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Imaginary Arguments 03:43
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Head to head First thing out of bed There was nothing said Day to day it’s something that I dread Fighting with you again Not even happening It’s nothing that actually exists (It’s your dumb brain) Is there still time to resolve it (No, it’s your dumb brain) It does not actually exist (Hey, now you’re thinkin’) So just get on with your day (What else are you gonna do?) (What else are you gonna do?) Arguments Made up inside our heads We get enough of them In our lives so why pay attention Fictional You’re not responsible It’s all inside my head Arguments Made up inside our heads We get enough of them In our lives so why pay attention Fictional You’re not responsible It’s all inside my head It’s all inside my head
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Genuine Imitation 03:52
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Addiction to my shiny phone Distraction from what’s going on Unchecked checking on Useless updates from no one Constantly occupied Missing my life in real time Feels like I’m going to drown I’m always staring right down at the ground It’s gonna pass me by Time that no one can buy Connection to mindlessness Always sitting in my pocket Phantom vibration Genuine imitation Undeserved validation Robbing our connection to the world Maybe there is a balance Compromise found on both ends Perhaps in my screen’s absence I’ll try not to take advantage of real friends Wirelessly attached to the world Never further from reality Tricked to believe in false connection Losing all sense of community Living my life on a screen Evading all responsibility Integrated technology Creates absence of humanity Living in a world of my own (Notification) Abandoning life as it’s known (Unreal vacation) Disregard socialization Losing all communication Mindlessly socialize Reject the beauty that’s in front of you Friendships are compromised Attention to imitation Ignoring conversation So I’ll talk to the back of your phone To see what it’s like to not be alone In response I’ll get nothing more Exactly the same as I had before I’ll take a picture to remember How my screen appeared when you were there Because someday I’ll care
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Pinch Hitter 01:57
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I’m sorry temporary friend I won’t forget the time we spent Deep discussions about music Long drunken nights friendship ferments Those conversations will expire Can’t overcome this distance Counterfeit friendships uninspired Time brings this era to an end We used to make tapes for each other I feel like I've been a bad friend You’re not alone fortuitously moved on From a handful of relationships Taking for granted Losing sight Of what it meant to have you in my life No understanding Nothing seems right Keep moving forward Always ignore the divide I guess that’s how it’s supposed to be Out of my life so rapidly No thought about the times you made me smile Accept cycles of iteration Destiny determined from the start Efforts spared of importance I’m sorry temporary friend I won’t forget the time we spent
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Home Field Advantage 01:21
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I’d like to believe that I’ve grown as a person since then When we met in that basement A friendship that I took for granted again I know I was wrong Our time spent taught me many life lessons I’ll always take them with me I’ll never strive for perfection Grow into the person that you always thought I could be A version of me, unachievable, only in dreams A nonexistent incomparably great human being Somebody you thought you could find somewhere else You left me behind to learn about myself I’d like to believe that our time was no better spent When I was with you No matter how short I’ll never forget what it meant To live up to your expectations Exceptional standards of friendship nobody could meet Except in your head I’ve grown from the guilt that you have dealt To be a better person than me I’ll grow and we’ll grow away from our friendship Just know I learned more than you think that I did I am not someone you could find somewhere else You left me behind to learn about myself
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Cooperstown 01:52
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I’ve got lifelong friends I’ve made through music You can’t take that away Thankful ‘til I die Love endures lifetimes We’ll survive all our pain Always make the time To be by your side Indispensable Life will pass us by So I’ll emphasize All my love for my friends The ones I love most always keep them closest to my heart Some left me behind I imbibe lessons left in the dark Enact what I’ve learned never will be able to restart Keep moving on emit beauty like a work of art I’ve got long gone friends I’ve made traveling Disappeared though endeared Unknown contacts list Moments abandoned Lost in name and number Fragments of my mind Vanished space and time Absent harmony Hard to imagine That your attention Wasn’t trying to gain The ones I love most always keep them closest to my heart Some left me behind I imbibe lessons left in the dark Enact what I’ve learned never will be able to restart Keep moving on emit beauty like a work of art I tried my best to love all of my friends
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Theme From Maximum Party Time 03:01
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Summer is coming we can’t forget We’re gonna party with our friends We’ll drive a thousand miles Out of winter just to see them By two weeks in we’ll be out of debt Able to eat and fill the tank with gas Wouldn’t it be nice? So cheers to those I call my friends Let’s drink together once again Maximum party time until the end So cheers to those I call my friends Party forever ‘til the end Let’s drink until we see the sunrise This is the only thing I want to do More than anything else Getting lost in the world thinking only about today Let’s go do it again So cheers to those I call my friends Let’s drink together once again Maximum party time until the end So cheers to those I call my friends Party forever ‘til the end Let’s drink until we see the sunrise Remember when we said we’d be there ‘til the end? Remember when we sang never give up never give in? Remember when we said we’d be there ‘til the end? Remember when we sang never give up never give in? We played the streets at Pouzza Crashed Leslie’s at Fest Saved Brian in Vegas Our friends are the best Don’t miss the flight We’ll drive 15 hours Play to 15 friends Drink 15 beers Do it all again No time to deviate Stick to the plan Dammit Chris Get in the van So cheers to those I call my friends Let’s drink together once again Maximum party time until the end So cheers to those I call my friends Party forever ‘til the end Let’s drink until we see the sunrise
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Concealed Vision 03:14
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I remember being a kid Looking at the back of my eyelids Trying to go to sleep No tv no tapes radio CDs One of the only things that’s still the same It’s time to sleep but not without clearing your brain Watch the shapes appear and try to follow them When I lay to sleep Guilt catches up with me How do the people sleep When they know they’re guilty So when the sunset fades We’ll watch the backs of our eyes Hope the sun comes up late Knowing it never does I remember being a kid Following the shapes in my vision Attempting to abandon guilt Put to bed the thoughts that are keeping me awake Although it sometimes worked The guilt always caught up You’d think it’d be the same For the people who are destroying the world When I lay to sleep Guilt catches up with me How do the people sleep When they know they’re guilty So when the sunset fades We’ll watch the backs of our eyes Hope the sun comes up late Knowing it never does Hope the sun comes up late Knowing it never does Hope the sun comes up late Knowing it never does

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Reno’s hardest working punks, Boss’ Daughter, return in 2023 with a brand new album for your earholes! BOUTS WITH BUMMERS is 16 blazing tracks of pure punk rock that finds the band a little older and wiser but still fueled by their “maximum party time” mantra. Recorded at Pus Cavern by Joe Johnston (Cake, Cobra Skulls) and mastered at Atomic Garden Recording by Jack Shirley (Jeff Rosenstock, Deafheaven), "Bouts" covers the challenges of today’s complex world–climate change, social media overload, loneliness–with their signature upbeat, fast paced sound. Who knew bummers could be so fun?

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released February 10, 2023

Boss’ Daughter is:
Chris Fox - Vocals, Guitar, Trombone, Trumpet, Bass VI
Jamie Locks - Drums, Vocals, Guitar
Danny Paul - Bass, Vocals

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Recorded at Pus Cavern in Sacramento, CA and Voted Best Records in Nevada, Oregon, and California
Engineered by Joe Johnston, Chris Fox, and Cameron Karren
Mixed by Joe Johnston, Cameron Karren, and Boss’ Daughter Mastered by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden in Oakland, CA
Produced by Chris Fox and Jesse Williams
Party vocals by Boss’ Daughter, Jesse Williams, Dave Masud, Cameron Karren, and Joe Johnston
Cover, back cover, and insert photos by Lindsay Dimitri, Chris Fox, Jamie Locks, Shera Gross, and Vinnie
Art layout by Bill Nutt, Joey Souza, and Chris Fox Band photo by Boss’ Daughter
Tour dates/Merch/etc. available at bossdaughter.com bossdaughterreno@gmail.com

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Boss' Daughter Reno, Nevada

Reno, NV punk. Est. 2014. Songs about partying, depression, smiles, bummers, and friends.

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